Almost four years. The Gross Domestic Product for the Second Quarter of this year grew by 4. 1 . But that did not rul roux the re day on wall street. The dow lost 75. The s p was off 19. The nasdaq plunged 115. Deirdre bolton is in new york and has analysis behind the numbers but correspondent peter doocy starts us off from the white house with good Economic News for the country and the president. Good evening, peter. Pete good evening, chris. President trump said tonight the economy, the g. D. P. Grew 4. 1 because of republican efforts to rewrite the tax code and reduce regulations. And he thinks that once new trade deals are finalized todays strong report will just look like a stepping stone. We are on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in over 13 years. In the shadow of the white house today, the president took credit for good Economic News and insisted that new tariffs will not reverse the trend. I happen to think we are going to do extraordinarily well in our next report next quarter. I think its going to be outstanding. I wont go too strong because then if its not quite as good you will not let me forget it. A few miles away south lawn at reagan airport special Counsel Robert Mueller crossed paths with Donald Donald trump jr. Today the special counsels office says mueller didnt interact with trump jr. And wasnt aware he was standing there Michael Cohen apparently wants to mele meet with muller now. The former personal attorney apparently wants to tell mueller that his former client, donald trump did have advanced knowledge of an infamous meeting between trump jr. And a group of russians offering dirt on the Clinton Campaign as cnn first reported. Earlier this year steve bannon told Michael Wolfe in fire and fury he thought that, quote the chance that don jr. Did not walk these jamos up to his fathers august on the 26th floor is zero. Trump jr. Has said he never briefed his dad not even after the meeting it was such a nothing there wasnt nothing to tell. I wouldnt have remembered until you start youring through the stuff. It was literally a wasted 20 minutes which is a shame. Thats a claim the president has corroborated. Today president bush pushed back on cohens claims reports that the special counsel is scrolling through the president s twitter feed to see if negative statements about james comey or Jeff Sessions obstructed justice justice. The president writes in part did i not november the meeting with my son don jr. Sounds to me like someone is trying to make up stories in order to get himself out of an unrelated jam. Taxicabs, maybe . He even retained bill and crooked hillarys lawyer. Gee, i wonder if they helped him make the choice. Now the president s new lawyer Rudy Giuliani is trying to introduce doubt about cohens credibility. Number one, he lied to people about taping him both the president and other people. And not only that he went to subterfuge in order to do it. Like a whole little game which shows how pathological he is. This afternoon the president hosted a high level meeting about Midterm Election security and told sean hannity in a radio interview once the mid terms are 60 days out, he will campaign six or seven days a week for more than two dozen republicans. We have to get a group together. Give me the top 25 Congress People that are, you know, could go either way. And i want to go out and campaign for those people. Pete we have brand new details just minutes old from inside the president s Midterm Election security meeting. The White House Press secretary says the president has made it clear that his administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our election from any nation state or other malicious actors. We also have a new update about the president s social schedule. Remember earlier this week the National Security advisor john bolton said the white house was going to push back president putins visit to washington until after the Mueller Probe wrapped up. Well, putin went ahead and invited the president to moscow today. Sarah sanders says the president is open to going to russia but apparently the white house just needs to see some sort of a formal invitation before they can rsvp. Chris . Chris peter doocy with a very full day at the white house. Peter, thank you. I have an exclusive interview with treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and also talk with President Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani this weekend on fox news sunday. Check your local listings for times. Lets get more now on todays strong economic numbers. Deirdre bolton of Fox Business Network joins us now. Good evening, deidre. Good evening, chris. Chris let me just ask you. That 4. 1 headline was great, right . It got rave reviews from the congress and the president. President trump predicted annual growth of 3 or better for the rest of the year. The u. S. By the way is now a 20 trilliondollar plus economy. The first time a country has hit that milestone. One of the strongest parts came from that exports, recent trade actions by the Trump Administration have pushed up prices for some u. S. Goods. Steel, and aluminum are examples. The export number added 1 percentage point to g. D. P. Consumer spending also strong in the Second Quarter. Its two thirds of our economy. So it certainly moved the needle. This was the first full quarter that investigators could see the effect of the Trump Administration tax plan. The one voted into place in december of 2017. Heres the director of the National Economic council. Low inventory, strong cap spending will carry us. I mean, for several more quarters, for heavens sake. We used to do this, you know. So, chris, there are longer term questions about sustainability, chris . Chris so, deidre, if the g. D. P. Number was so strong today and it was, why did the markets close down . There was this shadow of question about sustainability. So one economist, for example, Ian Shepardson talks about years long slowdown in productivity that he says may eventually cuscurb Economic Growth. Really the big pressure came from tech. Tech sentiment hurt the markets performance because tech has been super stars. Huge strong part of the current nine year bull market that we are in. Some say, listen, these stocks are priced for perfection. No be company is ever run perfectly and stumbles are showing up in a dramatic way. Twitter 20 drop. Thats a great example. It reported earnings that matched forecasts but it said the number of monthly active users fell. That was a expriz. And the company also warned of further weakness. Thatter ithat percentage size dp and active monthly users that reminded some investors of facebook. Facebook also referenced stalling user growth at the same time that it committed to spending more. That stock fell 19 on thursday. A little bit more today. Facebook saying it is going to be investing billions of dollars per year on developing stronger privacy measures. The company, of course, facing bruising headlines about enabling fake news and election meddling. Some see it as costly and necessary but certainly not good for the stocks, chris. Chris deidre, thank you. There are not a lot of likes tonight when it comes to facebooks stock plunge after thursdays 19 drop, the big question is was that just a blip or the starts of something more serious . Here is correspondent gillian turner. I think there are a number of areas of content that we need to do a better job policing on our service. Its been three and a half months since Mark Zuckerberg admitted to lawmakers on capitol hill that facebook is in need of some major security and privacy upgrades. Since then public pressure has mounted for the company to reign in bots fake extremists on platform. Over 2 billion monthly active users. Significant number of people and a lot of data to manage. This week the cost of what tech experts say a cost have cost the company 119 billion in Market Capital in a single day. Now, its up to the users of facebook to decide who they want to stay on the platform or not. Result president ially, i think facebook has come under pressure in the marketplace. But in a Conference Call wednesday, both zuckerberg and cfo david warner told shareholders they are not backing down from new commitments however expensive they may be. As i have said on past calls, we are investing so much in security that it will significantly impact our profitability. But its not just security infrastructure that has a steep price tag. Its also paying for National Advertising to try to convince us that they are making that change. Facebooks 2018 priorities include offering users more privacy setting options. More power and choice over ads. And, this were going to have more than 20,000 people working on security and content review. This is especially crucial for the Midterm Elections. Now just a few months away. Conservative candidates and their supporters are already frustrated about bias and censorship. Facebook has to navigate this very carefully. No matter what side you are on, there is chances are that you are going to be pointing your finger at the company saying they are doing things unfairly. Facebook rep tells special report the leaders have a four strong strategy for midterms fighting foreign interference and making ads more transparent. They are taking on fake news or as they call it false news. Chris . Chris gillian, thank you. Philadelphia will stop giving u. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to its arrest database. Democratic mayor jim kenny says ice misuses the information to target people who are in the country illegally but not accused of any other crimes. Kenny says the agencys actions have created fear and distrust in the citys immigrant community and made it more difficult for police to solve crimes. No reaction yet from ice or the white house the National Transportation safety board says recordings recovered from the sufferingen tour boat that went down last week in a Missouri Lake indicate a fast change in the weather before the fatal accident. 17 people died. Nine of them were from a single family. Funerals for four of them were held today in indiana. Five other members of that family will have funerals tomorrow. There is growing concern tonight about chinas longterm goals. American intelligence officials worry beijing has its sights set on replacing the u. S. As the top economic and military super power. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge looks at the evidence. The president , again, would like to repeat that there was no collusion. While the news cycle remains fixated on ruption election meddling in recent days the nations top intelligence officials have warned china is rising. At a National Security conference. We have economic espionage investigations in every state. All 50 states. That tras back to china. The longterm threat is clearly china. Thats the strategic competitor that we look to because the economic power of that country, the size. Its ambitions. During a Senate Confirmation hearing. Consistent with the rest of the Intelligence Community right now, i believe china is one of our biggest focus areas. Certainly should be in terms of the threat now and the threat looking into the future. Experts describe the Chinese Government strategy as ambitious and designed to dominate robotics and Artificial Intelligence by inquiring or stealing american secrets. This nondescript high rise in suburban shanghai has its unit 61398. The Chinese Military unit is blamed for some of the most aggressive and organized cyber attacks. This week, the debate reached a senate panel where the u. S. Trade representative defended tariffs against an aggressive china. If your conclusion is that china taking over all of our technology in the future of our children its s. A stupid fight then you are right. We should capitulate. My view is thats how we got where we are. I dont think its a stupid fight. And it goes beyond the threat of intellectual property to expanding its physical reach through the island dispute in the south china sea. You see them spreading their influence whether its the coral islands or whether its strategic ports and so forth. They have got a longterm strategy. The director of National Intelligence who oversees the agencies the agency must decide whether china is a true adversary or legitimate competitor. Adding in the shortterm beijing must understand that the u. S. Will no longer tolerate the threat of american secrets, chris. Chris catherine, thank you. Youre welcome. Chris credits the Environmental Protection agency is withdrawing the order by the agencys former chief that lyfted sales limits on high polluting remade diesel truck engines. E. P. A. Scott pruitt issued that rule in his last days in office before resigning earlier this month amid ethics scandals. His interim replacement withdrew the order yesterday. The socalled glider trucks are said to have met many times more pollutants than new trucks on the market. Up next, north korea apparently makes good on a promise to return u. S. War remains. First, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 5 in new york as shareholders of 21st century fox and the Walt Disney Company approve disneys 71 billion purchase of foxs film, and Television Entertainment assets. Disneys cash and stock offer has already been approved by u. S. Regulators. 21st century fox is the Parent Company of fox news channel. Fox 32 in chicago where the city agrees to carry out Police Reforms under federal court supervision. Illinois attorney general lisa madigan sued the city last year with the support of chicago mayor rahm emanuel. And this is a live look at philadelphia from fox 29. The big story there tonight two popular amusement parks in central pennsylvania reopen after flooding forced of them to close for several days. Hershey park and can a nobles offered commerce today some rides are closed while workers clean up from the flooding. Thats a live look from outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. Let your perfect drive come together at the lincoln summer invitation sales event. Get 0 apr on select 2018 lincoln models plus 1,000 bonus cash. And i dont add up the years. But what i do count on is boost®. 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Air base in south korea. They were picked up from north korea via air force transport plane. The case is draped in u. N. Flags. The commanding force during the war. They returned when a pledge north Korean Leader kim jong un at the summit in singapore last month with President Trump. But i want to thank chairman kim in front of the media for fulfilling a promise that he made to me and im sure that he will continue to fulfill that promise as they search and search and search. The remains will be examined to make sure they are the real thing. The north has substituted some in the past. But todays transfer prompted officials to say u. S. Troops might help alongside North Koreans to search for thousands more there in the future. When you have that sort of communication going on. It set a positive environment. A positive tone for other things. This was the 65th anniversary of the armistice which ended the fighting in the korean war. The day marked by ceremonies along the tense dmz separating north and south korea. Also marked in north korea. There its victory day. There is no victory yet in efforts to smooth relations between the north and the u. S. The Trump Administration needs more results on denuclearization. This is where progress starts. I mean, its not the end of the game by any means, but its important that were making those steps. Important as well to those directly involved. Like the son of captain john henry zimmerly whose plane went down in 1952 over north korea and has been missing ever since. We want to see some results. We want the remains to be identified. Im sorry. We want our family members to come home. The remains are set to be transferred next wednesday to hawaii for what could be a lengthy final identification process. Among those set to attend, Vice President pence. His father also served in the korean war. Chris. Chris greg, thank you. President trump will posthumously award the medal of honor to the family of a fallen u. S. Air force special tactics combat controller on august 22nd. The medal nomination for tactical Sergeant John chapman says he distinguished himself on the battlefield sacrificing his life to preserve those of his teammates. He was part of a special joint Reconnaissance Team deployed to afghanistan in 2002 that came under overwhelming enemy fire during heroic rescue attempt. Chris in tonights whatever happened to segment, President Trumps military parade here in washington. It is shaping up to be something a little different than originally planned. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin tells us where things stand right now. The date is set saturday, november 10th. One day before veterans day. The military parade in washington may not be what President Trump had in mind when he watched french fighter jets and tanks parading down the streets in paris last summer sparking his idea to honor americans veterans. Language in the Defense Authorization act passed in congress this week prohibits forces from taking part that may be needed for war. Quote to ensure that veterans and those currently serving remain the parades focus and that efforts to restore readiness are not slowed the ndaa prohibits the use of operational units or equipment in the parade if the secretary of defense believes such use will hamper readiness. The money will come from the militarys operations and maintenance budget according to the republican chairman of the House Armed Services committee. It says if any operational units are used and secretary mattis has to certify that it will not effect readiness. The pentagons top officer has assigned u. S. Northern command based in colorado tasked with protecting the homeland to pull it off. Initial guidance in march called for, quote honoring the history of the u. S. Military start from the revolutionary war and the war of 1812 to today. And coincide with the 100th anniversary of world war i. Its not clear now how much the parade will cost taxpayers. I have seen various different cost estimates from between 10 million and 30 million, depending on the size of the parade. Almost exactly the same amount that those war games President Trump scrapped with south korea saying doing so would save the taxpayer a lot of money. The bill tries to make sure this parade is focused on the men and women who have served. And real really tailor it towards the 100th anniversary of world war i but also give an opportunity to honor those veterans who never had a parade like those who fought in vietnam, those who are fought in iraq and afghanistan more recently. The Dc City Council was concerned roads would be damaged with heavy armaments rolling down pennsylvania avenue. A spokesman for the u. S. Northern command said at this time we do not intend to use tanks in the parade. Chris . Chris jennifer, thank you. Up next, why a democratic senator from indiana is in a tough spot as he campaigns for reelection. First, beyond our borders tonight. Israeli troops are searching the west bank village of a palestinian teenager who broke into a settlement home and stabbed three israelis. One of those victims is dead. The 17yearold attacker was shot and killed at the scene. The military has detained four palestinians for questioning. Officials in pakistan say efforts are underway to form a Coalition Government following this weeks voting. The countrys Election Commission has declared of the party former star emran khan to be the winner. Since it did not get a majority the party must seek help to form a government. And German Authorities say a forest fire near a village southwest of berlin is under control. But the situation remains dangerous because of unexploded world war ii ammunition buried in the ground. A German News Agency says some of the munitions may have already detonated in the fire and the safety of firefighters may be ought risk. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. Well be right back. And if i can get comfortable keeping this tookus safe and protected. You can get comfortable doing the same with yours. Preparation h. Get comfortable with it. Jushis local miracle ear t at helped andrew hear more of the joy in her voice. Just one hearing test is all it took for him to hear more of her laugh. And less of the background noise around him. For helen, just one visit to her local miracleear is all it took to learn how she can share more moments with her daughter. Just one free hearing test could help you hear more. Laughter. Music. Life. 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Donnelly voting for kavanaugh would note come as a complete surprise is he a prolife democrat and voted to confirm trumps earlier pick enough. Now he is under pressure to do the same for kavanaugh. Will senator joe donnelly dave to the extreme left or confirm a new justice and protect our rights . The story remains the same. Conservative indiana radio host tom huff says his listens want donnelly to give kavanaugh a look absent of politics. People are tired of vitriol. Folks want a fair hearing for this guy. When you hear the democrats come out and say you know, we are against this guy without even knowing who he is. With the race neck in neck, indiana voters think donnelly will need to cast the trump friendly vote. I think he is going to have to disappoint his party and vote in favor of the nominee. Then we will see where the chips fall, because he still could lose in november. Donnelly thus far has been non noncommittal saying he will take the same approach as he did for the last Supreme Court vacancy adding that he will quote carefully review and consider the record of the qualifications of judge brett kavanaugh. Most Senate Democrats have been refusing the customary meeting with judge kavanaugh demanding they produce paperwork about his past beforehand. Senator donnelly went ahead and scheduled that meeting anyway. Accused him of caving to pressure. Chris mike tobin from indiana. Thank you. Breaking news from the west coast. The Associated Press reports at least 125 homes have been destroyed in a Deadly Northern California wildfire. And two firefighters have died in that blaze. Correspondent jeff paul has the latest tonight from los angeles. Im going to get out and be safe. A firestorm in Northern California taking down everything in its path. It was a big wall of fire. Hundreds of residents desperate to get out, as the massive car wildfire burning near the western edge of redding, california grows bigger and more unpredictable. It got very red. We could see the flames and we thought we justed me to get out of here. Car fire claimed the life of a bulldozer operator and city of redding firefighters overnight thursday. Over 44 acres burned and only 3 containment and dozens of homes are now destroyed as firefighters plead with residents to listen to their warnings. What we tell people in situations like this is dont wait for the knock on the door. Dont wait for the phone call. If you feel threatened, leave. Moving south, crews worked to tame the ferguson fire. Smoke from that fire shutting down nearby Yosemite National park. When we came out to the car yesterday, it was like almost a layer of ash on it. I noticed all along the rim of the windows. And in Southern California outside of palm springs, investigators believe the cranston fire burning at over 11,000 acres was intentionally set. Authorities in Riverside County today charging the 32yearold man with 15 felony arson counts related to nine separate fires. Residents there are thankful for all the firefighters who are risking their lives to protect families and hopefully their homes. If it wasnt for them, we would be gone. I believe that i just i really devastating this time. With an expected forecast of extremely hot and dry conditions, firefighters feel there is no relief in sight. They say these large, fastmoving and devastating wildfires are the new normal and are only increasing in size and severity. Chris . Chris jeff paul, reporting from california. Jeff, thank you. President trump celebrates surging economic numbers on the heels of his trade agreement with europe. Well get reaction from the panel when we come right back bold choice, charlie just tear, eat. Mmmmm. 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Ask your doctor about everyday verzenio. I am thrilled to announce that in the Second Quarter of this year, the United States committee grew at the amazing rate of 4. 1 . Were on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in over 13 years as the trade deals come in one by one, were going to go a lot higher than these numbers. Chris a pumped up President Trump selling a strong report on Economic Growth in the Second Quarter today. Lets bring in our panel to talk about it jason riley from the wall street journal and the manhattan institute. A. B. Stoddard of real clear politics. And Mollie Hemingway from the federalist. Well, jason, 4. 1 is a great number but there seems to be a difference of opinion among experts about whether on the one hand this is sustainable or whether it is something of a blip or an aberration because there was a surge of exports, people trying to get in under the wire from the president s tariffs taking effect. Where do you come down on this . Well, no one can argue that it is not a remarkable number. And then you cut taxes, you reduce regulations, and this is what happens when you release the animal spirits of the u. S. Economy. It happened under jfk and reagan and george w. Bush and its happening again. So there is no surprise there. I dont know if the 4 point percent growth is sustainable. Probably not. But i could see 3 being sustainable for a period of time based on what we have seen so far. And also, whats impressive here is not only the pace of growth, chris its how broad these effects are being felt against different demographic groups, women, blacks, hispanics, people who have left the workforce are coming back. People are changing job. This churn is a healthy indication that things are going very well will eventually lead to the wage growth we want to see. Chris a. B. , it seems, you look at just the news this week that the economy which we always knew was going to be a big issue in the mid terms is going to be an ivan bigger issue in the mid terms. How good would it be for House Republicans trying to hold on to control of that body if you had, if not 4 , 3 going in to the Third Quarter and even into the Fourth Quarter of this year before the mid terms and conversely how much of a drag would it be for them if the tariffs and the trade war and rising prices and jobs are a drag on the economy . Thats the unknown is the trade war and the effects of the tariffs. If you look at the next the numbers coming in for the next quarter, it doesnt matter if they drop. So close to the Midterm Elections that this is a narrative thats going to stick, 4. 1. All of the strong indicators that jason mentioned across the board, of broad growth and expansion. That is really great for President Trump out on the campaign trail, stumping for republicans and its great for republicans. So are the right track numbers which are better than they have been in many, many years. This is something that the incumbent party set to lose seats in the midterm when their president is in power doesnt usually enjoy. The problem is those tariffs. That is the wild card. And that is already having such consequences that threatens to cut in to all this buoyancy that that really, unfortunately, could become the overall headline about the economy. Chris mollie, lets turn to the other big story today. And that is the Michael Cohen story and the contention that he is now making that President Trump knew about the trump tower meeting in june of 2016 despite his denials. President trump, this, of course, was the meeting in which this russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin said that she had dirt and don jr. , the president s son said i love it and had the meeting and nothing came out of it President Trumps current lawyer went after Michael Cohen today with guns blazing. Take a look. Number one, he lied to people about taping him. Both the president and other people. And not only that he went to subterfuge in order to do it. Like a whole little game which shows how pathological he is. Chris so, mollie, how big of a development. Im not sure how big of a development it is. The sourcing is once again anonymous about Michael Cohens claim it contradicts his own testimony he gave to the Senate Select committee on intelligence where he said he never saw anything of any inappropriate meddling between the president and russia. Then there is the other issue of just how significant it would be even if it were true. You know, if you really do care about a candidate in a political election, working with foreigners to dig up dirt, you really do have an example of that with Hillary Clinton. She secretly hired foreign spy who got information from russian kremlin operatives and then fed that back into the campaign, into the u. S. Government and whatnot. If you really have a problem with it, you have evidence of that being what Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National committee did secretly, but, i dont think we are, again, we keep on hearing there is going to be some explosive bombshell thats going to take donald trump down and prove treasonous collusion with russia. If this is the best they have got. I dont think its that much. Chris of course, a. B. We dont know if its the best they have got. It seems to me that even the meeting is a long way from collusion. You could argue that american political candidate his team should call the fbi instead of meeting with the russians. But, when you are told that we have got some dirt on your opponent and you have a meeting, thats not collusion, is it . Well, im going to leave it to someone else like bob mueller and republicans and democrats in congress to decide what collusion is, which is basically essentially thought a crime but then converge into conspiracy of which it would be impeachable offense. We have to have all the final details and we dont. I do think that Michael Cohen is not a credible source. I think Donald Trumps word credible. I think Rudy Giulianis word has proven not credible. Im not going to believe any of them until i find out what the facts are there is a blocked phone call in john don jr. s phone records. Asked him does your father have a blocked phone . Is that the person you called about the meeting . And he says he doesnt know. He doesnt know. Were going to have to wait for someone who actually knows. I dont really listen to any of them with a great hope. I mean, i dont think that they are believable. Chris jason, it seems to me the real story here is just the fact that it seems increasingly both with this story, with the release earlier this week, of that snippet of a conversation between Michael Cohen and donald trump. Seems more and more likely that he is going to turn states evidence, that he is going to become a cooperating witness for Robert Mueller and his investigation. And to have your personal lawyer and your fixer now go to the other side, it cant be helpful. And this breaks on top of what we already knew about misleading statements coming out of the administration about this meeting regarding the statement that donald trump dictated to his son. He said he didnt. Then his lawyers turned around and said yes, he did do that. So, i agree with a. B. There are a number of people making statements here that in the past have proven to be less than credible sources. Chris only point i would make in all of this and i dont by any means say that i think politicians should lie. Lying to the New York Times as they may have and the worse you could say about donald trump is that he lied to the New York Times when he said he didnt know about the meeting in advance, its not a crime. Sure, at the end of the day, i think this is on some level a father trying to protect his son. We can all understand that and elm pa thidz wit empathize. He may be making matters worse here without coming clean. Chris real quickly because we are going to get to the lightning round. Lie something a problem. We were promised treasonous collusion with russia to steal an election. Lie something a bad thing and the white house should have done it we dont have the evidence supporting this collusion theory we have been fed for two years straight. Chris you are not going to get a legal case. If you lie to the special prosecutor, thats a problem. 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I will go six or seven days a week when were 60 days out and i will be campaigning for all of these great people that do have a difficult race. And we think were going to bring them over the line. His chris the President Trump telling sean hannity today he will go all in this fall to help republicans hold onto the house in november. But not all the signs are positive and were back now with our panel for the friday lightning round. The respected Cook Political Report is out with a new look today at the midterms that bodes pretty were well for democrats. Lets put up the numbers on the screen. Republicans are defending 42 open seats where the republican incumbent is either retired or moving on to another job. 42 open seats. Thats the highest since at least 1930. 8 of those seats are in districts that voted for clinton over trump in 2016. And in cases where the president s party over the years is defending an open seat two years after the president failed to carry that district, the party is 0 for 23. Its a little complicated but basically means if you have got an open seat and voting for the opponent, the two years before not good for that party. What do you make of all of this . We know from polling trump remains very popular among republicans. But hes not the on the ballot in november. The whole question is whether he can transfer that popularity to the people who are running. And one of the problems trump has is that he is doing poorly among independents. Much more poorly than he was before. 58 now disapprove of him. This Midterm Election is probably going to be won or lost in the suburbs. Rural areas and those independent votes are going to matter. Chris ab, there was a period of time recently we had a sense maybe the blue wave wasnt going to happen. Now there seems to be a counter argument it is. I have news for the president in rough races those candidates, those republicans dont want him to come to their districts and they are not going to welcome him there. He is help turn out voters in some senate races maybe against the democrats for the incumbents or the republican challenger in states where is he very popular but he cant go to the marginal districts. This, the polling shows that Strong Majority of americans favor democratic majority. That doesnt mean they will get in the car and vote. Its all about who mobilizes and turns out. Chris im going to turn to another subject because we are tight on time on the lightning round. Following the trumpkim summit, north korea has turned over what it says the remains of 55 servicemen who would van missing since the war that are being returned and are on their way back to the United States. President trump says this is a new sign of the new relationship between north korea and the u. S. Here he is today. I want to thank chairman kim in front of the media for fulfill a promise that he made to me im sure he will continue to fulfill that promise as they search and search and search. Chris mollie, how significant is this development, the return of these servicemen in terms of the relationship . This is unalloyed good and families who wanting these remains returned have every reason to be happy. North korea has a lot to do to restore relations and every step of the way needs to be verified. We need to start seeing much more from them. Chris very quick. Winner and loser of the week. My Windsor Devin nunes and other House Republicans critical of the fbi surveillance requests. Now that we have seen that q it does look like the fbi was relying on that steele dossier more than they let on. Chris chris loser. Loser facebook Mark Zuckerberg 1 billion in one day. Chris a Million Dollars is a rounding error. A. B. Winner. Bret baier free press hero who to clarify for people on twitter the other night its not about when you align yourself with other members of the media in access to the president. Its not about coverage. Its about access. The loser don blankenship, love him dont want him to away. Is he trying to elect senator manchin. He tried to get back on the ballot after losing the primary and Constitution Party no. According to the sore loser. You cant come in. No longer welcome on the ballot. Chris mollie winner. Brett kavanaugh. He seems to be doing fairly well and democratic efforts to fight this by demanding millions of documents failed when Mitch Mcconnell told schumer no go. He has every reason to be happy. Chris your loser . Rod rosenstein he has a range of opinion among republicans and the worst is that people thought he should be impeached for failing to turn over the documents that congress had been requesting from multiple committees. 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The page is more like inspector gadget when jason bourne or james bond. Should you revoke someones security clearance because they have been acting like a butthead . Maybe the right thing to do is just to ignore the buttheads. Lesson number four. Requesting investigations. We are tired of the Justice Department giving us the finger. The truth is when donald trump said cash, which giuliani knows only drug dealers and the mobsters talk about cash. I love my job. Im proud to be an american where at least i know im free trump that President Trump thats a great song, isnt it . Chris as bret says. Thats just one week. That is special report for tonight. Im Chris Wallace in washington. Join us this weekend for fox news sunday. We have excuseive interview with Steven Mnuchin about the great economic numbers and is there a trade war . And we talk to the trump lead lawyer Rudy Giuliani. My guess is the name Michael Cohen will come up. The story with Martha Maccallum is up right away. Martha tonight, the most embattled president of our time delivers a painful blow to his critics in the form of cold hard numbers. You remember that from Election Night . So right now with all this news that seems to be excellent for trump, wall street and the markets are very, very jittery. And they are selling off around the world at this moment. I would say when markets open in a couple of hours, i would say buckle up. Lets talk about the response of world markets. Those are other individuals having trouble breathing now. Martha lets talk about it. At the time, candidate trump made laughingstock for audacity of the statements like this. Thats why i believe its time to establish a National Goal of reaching 4